As already explained, some important changes are expecting Juventus’ midfield: one of the bianconeri’s cornerstone, 34 year old playmaker Andrea Pirlo, seems in fact intended to leave; as highlighted by La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Italy international will meet his current club’s executives in February to talk about the possibility to extend his contract, actually expiring in June 2014, but the dostance between the two parties seems extremely difficult to fill. Even for this reason, according to the same media, the Serie A defending champions will do their best to renew the deal of 20 year old Paul Pogba, tracked by Paris Saint-Germain; after the Champions League’s game against Galatasaray, the Piedmont’s club Chief Executive Giuseppe Marotta will meet the player’s agent Mino Raiola to convince the France international to put per to paper on a new four-year deal. On the contrary, still regarding the midfield, Juve, as highlighred by calciomercato.com, are tracking Udinese 19 year old Bruno Fernandes, admired by coach Antonio Conte during the last Serie A game.

Also Napoli are trying to reinforce their midfield, and are ready to speed-up the negotiation for Lyon 24 year old Maxime Gonalons; the France international, according to Il Mattino, has already agreed to join the azzurri.